Two Virginia Schools Worlds Apart
A Richmond neighborhood clash over school integration features Robious Elementary, a new predominantly white campus, and Blackwell Elementary, largely black. A federal judge orders busing to balance races across city and county lines, triggering protests and court appeals as residents weigh equity, travel times, and the future of Richmond’s public education system.
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Robious
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Robert R. Merhige Jr
Jeff Davis
White House
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
U.S. Supreme Court
Linwood Holton
State
Washington
Confederacy
Thomas C. Little
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc
U.S
Congress
South Sudan Civil War Ends With Addis Ababa Peace Pact
After sixteen years of conflict, South Sudanese government led by Jaafar Numairi and the South Sudan Liberation Movement sign a cease-fire in Addis Ababa. The accord sets autonomy in three South Sudan provinces, a legislative assembly, and governance structures in Juba, with international aid for refugee returns and regional reintegration. Emperor Haile Selassie and the World Council of Churches helped broker the deal.
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Congo
Biafra
Jaafar el Numairi
South Sudanese Liberation Movement
Addis Ababa
U.N
Britain
Khartoum
Ethiopia
Numairi
The
Red Cross
Egypt
Libya
Syria
Anwar Sadat
South Sudan
Juba
Equatoria
Haile Selassie
World Council of Churches
World Council
Africa
Rogues in Priestly Dress Loot Nigerian Churches
Nigerian police in Owerri report an uptick in church thefts by men disguising as clergy. Victims include 12 priests 2 nuns and 2 bishops as rioters target church property and even rob clergy at gunpoint in the Biafra heartland.
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Nigeria
Owerri
East Central
Biafra
Iola Cement Products Forms After Webb Block Purchase
Strack Anderson Bay Iola Plant Strack Anderson Bay Iola Plant IOLA Gary Strack Hum boldt Jim Anderson Seda lia Me a former Tolan have purchased the Webb Block Company and changed its name to Iola Cement Products. They took over operation of the plant on Industrial Road. Remodeling has begun and production will be increased this summer. Strack and family will reside in Humboldt.
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IOLA
Gary Strack
Humboldt
Jim Anderson
Sedalia
Tolan
Webb Block Company
Iola Cement Products
Strack
Six Maritime Unions Advocate Alternatives to Strikes
Six maritime unions pledge to seek non strike methods in year long bargaining to save American shipping jobs. They favor voluntary arbitration and no strike no lockout agreements while opposing compulsory arbitration. NMU leader Joseph Curran proposes a five year stabilization contract to restore lost tonnage.
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America
National Maritime Union
NMU
Bal Harbour
Fla
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf
White House
Joseph Curran
Britons Gambling Five Billion a Year Warns Church Report
The Interdenominational Churches Council says Britons wager over five billion dollars annually with about one million regular bettors. The report notes rising compulsive gambling, a decline in average age of addicts, and calls for tighter laws and reassessment of off course cash betting.
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Chesterfield County
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
River Oaks
Briarwood
Greenfield
Salisbury
London
Interdenominational Churches’ Council
Gordon E. Moody
Council
Moody
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